Summary
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year later those plans were put on hold because of lackluster fundraising. During the 1990s, the NAACP struggled with financial problems, leading to the dismissal of two top officials -- the Rev. Benjamin Chavis as executive director and William Gibson as board chairman. Bruce S. Gordon became the group's president and chief executive officer in 2005 following the resignation of Kweisi Mfume, a former five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland who had headed the organization for nine years. Gordon resigned in March 2007. Civil rights movement activist and former Georgia state representative Julian Bond remains as chairman.
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Obama's rhetoric on responsibility has local echoes
While she was reviving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter in Baltimore, Lillie May Jackson was regarded as something of a screamer. She was in the face of authority so persistently that white judges, among others,...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Political Candidates, Sheila Dixon, Democratic Party
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We know 'What Works,' but do we have the will?
This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to report occasionally on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to...Tags: Marvin Gaye, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Family
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Listen to those who teach
While speaking to the NAACP, John McCain expressed his support for both school vouchers and merit pay for teachers. Both of these initiatives have been consistently rebuked by the National Education Association, including a majority of educators across...Tags: John McCain, Heavy Engineering, Wages and Pensions
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The bottom line
Friday's article "Who Would Pay $30 for a Cup of Coffee?" caught my eye, as well as where the high-priced coffee beans come from: the droppings of the Asian Palm Civet. Who follows a civet around, waiting to stoop down and gather the beans, I wondered....Tags: John McCain, Tom Davis, Barack Obama, Altamonte Springs, Government
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Left speechless?
When a microphone at Fox News Channel caught Rev. Jesse Jackson's cutting under-his-breath remarks about Barack Obama, it turns out that "nuts" was not the reverend's only troubling N-word. Besides whispering to another guest on the set that he would...Tags: Eminem, National or Ethnic Minorities, Racism, Jesse Jackson, Minority Groups
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Warner-supported legislation seeks study of 60 mph national speed limit
Sen. John Warner, R-Va., has been skewered in the blogosphere in the last couple of weeks for suggesting a return to a national 55 mph speed limit to reduce the country's use of gasoline, but almost unnoticed was a more modest conservation measure that he...Tags: Thelma Drake, Tom Davis, Campaign Finance, Government, Rick Boucher
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Change: A matter of convenience
I know, because admirers of Barack Obama tell me, that this year's election poses a choice between a candidate who represents a fresh approach to problems and one who offers a dreary continuation of the status quo. That much I understand. What I sometimes...Tags: John McCain, Cato Corporation, Barack Obama, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities
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For better or worse, McCain wedded to town halls
Associated Press WriterJohn McCain was in his favorite campaign setting, a town hall meeting, when he spotted a promising target. "I'd love to recognize you first, sir," the Republican presidential candidate said to a man in a Vietnam War veteran's hat. Instead of a...Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Employees, Social Security, Labor Legislation
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Sharpton reacts to Jackson comments
The Swampby Katie Fretland Joining the conversation about Jesse Jackson's apparent on-tape use of a racial slur, is the Rev. Al Sharpton. In an interview with CBS News' Harry Smith on The Early Show, Sharpton said he was "very disappointed" about......Tags: Barack Obama, CBS Corp., Harry Smith, Racism, Al Sharpton
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Accidental Dave: "Paranoia" ???
Spin CycleWe took a few jabs at Gov. Paterson for his inaccurate and somewhat pander-ous suggestion to the NAACP yesterday that the media described him as the "accidental governor" based on some racial motivation. The NYSun, however, takes it a......Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Roosevelt
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